Saying this makes me slightly ill, but Ian Rapoport may have been right all along.
No, not in regard to Ben Roethlisberger wanting a trade years ago, but regarding the disconnect between Roethlisberger and former offensive coordinator Todd Haley.
Rapoport, among other national media types, all reported how Roethlisberger couldn’t stand Haley and wanted him gone—and how Roethlisberger longed for the days of Bruce Arians.
It’s sad to say, but these media blowhards might have been right all along.
Now, you wouldn’t know any different from what Roethlisberger says to the media. He thanked Haley for his time in Pittsburgh, stating how the team’s offense was a Top-5 unit every year when he was calling the plays, and fluffed up the former coordinator in every way possible.